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吹 — 7 strokes ／ Radical「口」

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4Junior high level ／ 7 strokes ／ Radical「口」
On
スイすい · sui
Kun
ふ.くfu.ku
Meaning
blow; breathe out

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

口 "mouth" with 欠: breath going out of the mouth — to blow.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onスイすいsui吹奏すいそう吹鳴すいめい鼓吹こすい
Kunふくfuku吹くふく

Compare: 噴く

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 吹奏すいそう

    playing a wind instrument

  • 吹雪ふぶき

    snowstorm

More words with this kanji

  • 羹に懲りて膾を吹くあつものにこりてなますをふく
  • 羹に懲りて鱠を吹くあつものにこりてなますをふく

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

笛(ふえ)を吹(ふ)く練習(れんしゅう)をしている。

I am practising playing the flute.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

吹奏吹雪吹奏to pla…雪snow召summon吐spit叫shout含contai…咲bloom剤medici…水water垂to han…炊cook帥comman…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 口Map of reading スイAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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